ANDEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andean mean? 

• ANDEAN (adjective)
  The adjective ANDEAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to the Andes and their inhabitants

  Familiarity information: ANDEAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDEAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)

Derivation:

Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)

 Context examples 

For centuries, this practice of recharging mountain aquifers has been conducted in several regions of our planet, although the most-documented cases are found in the high-Andean regions of Peru and Ecuador.

(Researchers demonstrate that Sierra Nevada is home to the oldest underground water recharge system in Europe, University of Granada)

Many of the flights imaged the Andean volcanic belt located in western South America.

(NASA airborne research focuses on Andean volcanoes, NASA)